MEMED ERDENER(EXTRAMÜCADELE)

Memed Erdener first started procuding work under the name of Extrastruggle in 1997. Extrastruggle produced extrovert works with highly distinct references. As befits its name, this was a project of a struggle against the dogmatic propoganda system of T.C. (Republic of Turkey). His works were in constant strife with state ideology, and often with the holy taboo of Kemalism. Memed also created a critical approach to other dogmatic structures that are aiming to replace Kemalism. In doing all this, his distant and depersonalized political engagement rendered his own identity invisible. This was perhaps why Extrastruggle was often mistaken as a ‘group’ project.